Figure 22. Stock price indexes, 2001-09.
Data are plotted as curves. Indexed data, January 2001=100. The price for the Dow Jones bank index begins in 2001 at 100 and moves between about 90 and 120 through the end of 2003, when it begins a steady climb to about 145 by early 2007, drops to about 70 by mid-year 2008, and decreases further, to about 30 by March 2009. The price for the S&P 500 begins in 2001 at 100, declines, on balance, to about 60 in early 2003, then rises, on balance, to a high of almost 120 in mid-2007, falls to about 100 by mid-year 2008 and to 60 by March 2009.
NOTE: The data are monthly and extend through March 2009.
SOURCE: Standard & Poor's and Dow Jones
